Since automation unemployment has become a hot topic in futurology circles, there have been suggestions as to how to mitigate it.

The current popular opinion is through a universal basic income (UBI) in which all adult citizens receive a stipend for existing.

One problem I have with this idea is that it makes society too dependent on the whims of the wealthy. Surely there's something better? As it turns out, there may be.

A copylefting of personal 3D-printers or nanofactories (that is they and any derivatives of them must remain open source) for producing goods, combined with a community land trusts for housing may be an excellent alternative to UBI.